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Alec Guinness

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor.

Piers Paul Read, in his 2005 biography, suggests "The rumour is possibly a conflation of stories about Alec's 'cottaging' and the arrest of John Gielgud, in October 1953, in a public lavatory in Chelsea after dining with the Guinnesses at St. Peter's Square." This suggestion was not made until April 2001, eight months after his death, when a BBC Showbiz article related that new books claimed that Guinness was bisexual and that he had kept his sexuality private from the public eye and that the biography further said only his closest friends and family members knew he had sexual relationships with men.

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[2] See "Sir Alec Guinness was bisexual", BBC News, 16 April 2001, citing three separate biographies coming to that conclusion, including his authorized biography.

Sir Alec Guinness, CH, CBE (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe) was an English actor. Guinness is said to have avoided publicity by giving his name to police and court as "Herbert Pocket", the name of the character he played in Great Expectations. The house itself was designed by Merula's brother Eusty Salaman.

In his biography, Alec Guinness: The Unknown, Garry O'Connor reports that Guinness was arrested and fined 10 guineas (£10.50) for a homosexual act in a public lavatory in Liverpool in 1946. He is also known for his portrayal of Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations(1946). Piers Paul Read, Guinness's official biographer, doubts that this incident actually occurred.

He later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai. 17-Oct-2000)
Son: Matthew Guinness (b. He is known for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Warstrilogy, Prince Feisal in Lawrence of Arabia, and George Smiley in the TV adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Alleged cottaging incident

In his biography, Alec Guinness: The Unknown, Garry O'Connor says that Guinness was arrested and fined 10 guineas for a homosexual act in a public lavatory in Liverpool in 1946. Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, won him the Oscar and BAFTA for Best Actor)

In 1959 he was knighted by Elizabeth II for services to the arts.Guinness appeared in nine films that featured in the BFI's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century.

After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), in which he played nine different characters. But Not Serious (13-Oct-1965)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (26-Mar-1964)
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Also see John Ezard, The Guardian, 16 April 2001, "Sir Alec Guinness had a homosexual side which remained publicly unknown in his lifetime because of the flair for evasion and secrecy which was also his trademark as an actor." Both stories cite a 1946 arrest and conviction for committing a homosexual act in a public restroom.

Guinness's role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars trilogy, brought him worldwide recognition, as well as Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations.Guinness described the film as "fairy tale rubbish" but the film's sense of moral good – and the studio's doubling of his initial salary offer – appealed to him.

He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronetsin which he played eight different characters.

Guinness married the artist, playwright and actress Merula Sylvia Salaman (16 October 1914 – 18 October 2000) in 1938; in 1940, they had a son, Matthew Guinness, who later became an actor.

Wife: Merula Salaman (m.